Sun Coast Amateur <br>Radio Club Society - blog:2025-11-22
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freedv_open_source_hf_digital_voice
2025-11-23T03:58:04+00:00
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2025-11-23T03:58:04+00:00
https://scarcs.ca/blog/2025-11-22/freedv_open_source_hf_digital_voice
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<h1 class="sectionedit1" id="freedvopen_source_hf_digital_voice">FreeDV: Open Source HF Digital Voice</h1>
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<a href="https://scarcs.ca/lib/exe/fetch.php?tok=b171a3&media=https%3A%2F%2Ffreedv.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F09%2Fversion-2-1-0-768x678.png" class="media" title="https://freedv.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/version-2-1-0-768x678.png"><img src="https://scarcs.ca/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=400&tok=71d716&media=https%3A%2F%2Ffreedv.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F09%2Fversion-2-1-0-768x678.png" class="mediaright" align="right" loading="lazy" alt="" width="400" /></a>
From <a href="https://freedv.org/" class="urlextern" title="https://freedv.org/" rel="ugc nofollow">freedv.org</a>:
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FreeDV is a suite of digital voice modes for <abbr title="High Frequency">HF</abbr> radio. Our flagship mode is the Radio Autoencoder (RADE). You can run RADE using a free <abbr title="Graphical User Interface">GUI</abbr> application for Windows, Linux and macOS that allows any <abbr title="Single Side Band">SSB</abbr> radio to be used for high quality digital voice.
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I haven't tried it yet, but it looks pretty interesting. And I really like that it's Free/Open Source and cross platform.
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future_canadian_ham_blogs_about_his_classes
2025-12-14T20:15:26+00:00
2025-12-14T20:15:26+00:00
2025-12-14T20:15:26+00:00
https://scarcs.ca/blog/2025-11-22/future_canadian_ham_blogs_about_his_classes
Anonymous
<h1 class="sectionedit1" id="future_canadian_ham_blogs_about_his_classes">Future Canadian Ham Blogs About His Classes</h1>
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Doug Nix is a future ham operator<sup><a href="#fn__1" id="fnt__1" class="fn_top">1)</a></sup> from Ontario who recently blogged really good summaries of Basic classes he took through RAC. The articles are very detailed and might be useful to others wishing to get started with Amateur Radio.<sup><a href="#fn__2" id="fnt__2" class="fn_top">2)</a></sup> Here's the list of topics he covered:
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/09/20/step-by-step-1st-class/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/09/20/step-by-step-1st-class/" rel="ugc nofollow"> Foundation</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/09/22/step-by-step-2nd-class/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/09/22/step-by-step-2nd-class/" rel="ugc nofollow"> Introduction to Electronics</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/09/26/step-by-step-3rd-class/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/09/26/step-by-step-3rd-class/" rel="ugc nofollow"> Ohm's Law</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/09/28/step-by-step-4th-class/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/09/28/step-by-step-4th-class/" rel="ugc nofollow"> Magnetism and Inductance</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/10/02/step-by-step-classes-4b-4c/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/10/02/step-by-step-classes-4b-4c/" rel="ugc nofollow"> Capacitance to Resonance</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/10/13/step-by-step-class-5/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/10/13/step-by-step-class-5/" rel="ugc nofollow"> Waves, Wavelength, Frequency, and Bands</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/10/17/step-by-step-class-6/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/10/17/step-by-step-class-6/" rel="ugc nofollow"> Propagation</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/10/24/step-by-step-class-7/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/10/24/step-by-step-class-7/" rel="ugc nofollow"> Transmission Lines</a>
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Antennas (<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/10/27/step-by-step-class-8a/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/10/27/step-by-step-class-8a/" rel="ugc nofollow">Part 1</a>, <a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/10/31/step-by-step-class-8b/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/10/31/step-by-step-class-8b/" rel="ugc nofollow">Part 2</a>)
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/03/step-by-step-class-9/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/03/step-by-step-class-9/" rel="ugc nofollow">Diodes, Transistors and Tubes</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/07/step-by-step-class-10/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/07/step-by-step-class-10/" rel="ugc nofollow">Power Supplies</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/14/step-by-step-class-12/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/14/step-by-step-class-12/" rel="ugc nofollow">Getting on the Air</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/17/step-by-step-class-13/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/17/step-by-step-class-13/" rel="ugc nofollow">Transmission Modes</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/21/step-by-step-class-14/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/21/step-by-step-class-14/" rel="ugc nofollow">Receiver</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/24/step-by-step-class-15/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/24/step-by-step-class-15/" rel="ugc nofollow">Wrestling with the Noise</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/12/01/step-by-step-class-16/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/12/01/step-by-step-class-16/" rel="ugc nofollow">Safety Fundamentals</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/12/05/step-by-step-class-17/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/12/05/step-by-step-class-17/" rel="ugc nofollow">Understanding Amateur Radio Regulations</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/10/a-modern-code-of-conduct-and-ethics-for-amateur-radio/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/11/10/a-modern-code-of-conduct-and-ethics-for-amateur-radio/" rel="ugc nofollow">Amateur Radio Code of Conducts and Ethics</a>
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<a href="https://dougnix.net/2025/12/05/reflection-my-amateur-radio-journey-so-far/" class="urlextern" title="https://dougnix.net/2025/12/05/reflection-my-amateur-radio-journey-so-far/" rel="ugc nofollow">Reflection</a>
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<div class="fn"><sup><a href="#fnt__1" id="fn__1" class="fn_bot">1)</a></sup>
<div class="content">Doug recently got his callsign: VE3ZDN</div></div>
<div class="fn"><sup><a href="#fnt__2" id="fn__2" class="fn_bot">2)</a></sup>
<div class="content">Also, here's our (still unfinished) <a href="https://scarcs.ca/hambasics/home" class="wikilink1" title="hambasics:home" data-wiki-id="hambasics:home">guide</a>.</div></div>
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